Exact fees will be determined at the time of billing. These tables are published only as a guide to assist you in estimating costs.

General Notes

  1. No civil pleadings will be filed or service perfected without an advance deposit.

  2. To receive certified copies of judgments, all outstanding court costs must be paid.

  3. All outstanding court costs must be paid before a suit is dismissed.

  4. Conformed copies are $3.00 if you furnish the copy to be conformed.

  5. Certified copies are $5.00 for the certification plus $1.00 per page.

  6. All requests for subpoenas must be in writing and must be accompanied by the appropriate advance deposit of costs.

  7. Fees on this page are Advance Deposit Civil Filing Fees; they are separate and distinct from Recording Fees.  Fees for recording documents (for example, a Judgment of Possession) in the Mortgage and/or Conveyance records are payable at the time of recordation.  Please click Recording Fees on the menu for guidance.

New Suit Filings

Initial Pleading Filing Costs

Each listed filing cost includes one stamped or certified copy 
Petition only with No Service $175.00
Petition with one (1) Service
each additional service
$250.00 + Sheriff's Fees
$75.00 + Sheriff's Fees
Petition with TRO or Rule $300.00 + Sheriff's Fees
Petition with TRO and Rule $350.00 + Sheriff's Fees
Adoptions Click Here 
Succession - Net Estate per Detailed Descriptive List of less than $75,000 $150.00
Succession - Net Estate per Detailed Descriptive List of $75,000 or greater $250.00
 

Additional Filings on Existing Suits

WARNING!  The costs listed in the table below do not include fees for service.  The fee for one (1) service on any existing suit is $175.00 plus the appropriate Sheriff's Fee.  For each additional service in excess of one, the fee is  $75.00 plus the appropriate Sheriff's Fee.

Description

Cost

Acceptance/Waiver of Service $10.00
Act of Congress $10.00
Affidavit $5.00
Amending & Supplemental Petition $25.00
Answer $10.00
Answer & Reconventional Demand $10.00
Answers to Interrogatories $10.00
Application $10.00
Assessment Sheet $5.00
Attorney - Client Contract $10.00
Bond $10.00
Cancellation $10.00
Certified Copy fee per document certified $5.00
Conformed Copy fee per document stamped $3.00
Clerk's Certificate $5.00
Certificate $5.00
Community Property Agreement $10.00
Concurrence $10.00
Confirmation $10.00
Consent Judgment $45.00
Detailed (aka Sworn) Descriptive List $10.00
Dismissal (See note 3 above) $25.00
Exceptions $10.00
Exhibit List $10.00

Exhibits per each normal paper page

Exhibits per each bulky item (photos, posters, etc.)

$2.00

$5.00

Expense Sheet $5.00
Facts Concerning Mover $5.00
Fax Filing Transmission Fee - first page
- each additional page
$5.00
$1.00
Full Faith and Credit $5.00
Hearing Officer Recommendation $10.00
Income Assignment Order $10.00
Information for Service of Process $5.00
Injunction $10.00
Interlocutory Decree $10.00
Interrogatories $10.00
Joint Custody Plan $10.00
Judgment (See note 2 above) $65.00
Jury Filing Fee  - (includes Answer, Request, Jury Bond, Affidavit and Order) $371.00
Jury Instructions $10.00
Letter $5.00
Letters of Tutorship $10.00
Long Arm Statute $40.00
Memorandum $10.00
Mennonite Letter $5.00
Motions for Preliminary Default w/Order $23.00
Motion/Order to Appoint Attorney $125.00
Motion to Appoint Private Process Server $50.00
Motion/Order for Appeal $35.00
Motion/Order for Extension of Time $35.00
Motion/Order for Status Conference $35.00
Motion/Order to Reset Hearing $35.00
Motion $10.00
Notice $5.00
Notice of Lis Pendens $10.00
Notice of Seizure $15.00
Oath $5.00
Opinion $10.00
Opposition $10.00
Order $5.00
Payor's Designation $10.00
Petition - no service $25.00
Power of Attorney $10.00
Pre-Trial Inserts $10.00
Proces Verbal 15.00
Proof of Publication $10.00
Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) $25.00
Reasons for Judgment $10.00
Receipt/Release $5.00
Re-issue of Service (See WARNING above) $36.00
Request for Admissions $5.00
Request for Jury Trial $45.00
Request for Notice $5.00
Request for Production of Documents $5.00
Request for Trial $5.00
Return of Court-Appointed Attorney $10.00
Rule - no service $10.00
Satisfaction of Judgment $10.00
Stipulation $10.00
Subpoena (See WARNING above) $75.00
Subpoena Duces Tecum (See WARNING above) $75.00
Verification $5.00
Waiver of Service and Citation $10.00
Will $10.00
Witness List $10.00
Worksheet $5.00
Writ $30.00

Civil Advance Deposits updated as of January 1, 2007

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Fees for Service of Process

Service through the Secretary of State - $25.00* check payable to the Louisiana Secretary of State and $27.20* check payable to the Sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish are required.
Service through C.T. Corporation - $27.20* check payable to the Sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish is required.

*amount per each service

Service to recipients in parishes other than Livingston, a check payable to the Sheriff of the appropriate parish is required. The amount generally depends upon the destination address of each service. The table below lists information furnished to our office by each of the parishes indicated.
Service to recipients outside of the parishes listed, requires an additional $50.00 payable to the Livingston Parish Clerk of Court.

Sheriffs Fees for Service Table

Parish

Fee per Each Service

Mileage Charge per Each Service

Notes

Acadia

$20.00

  See Chart

Bossier

$20.00

28¢ per mile to each destination

Must call Sheriff

East Baton Rouge

$20.00

34¢ per mile determined by zip code to each destination

See Chart

Caddo Parish

$25.00

$5.00 per service within Shreveport City Limits  
Caddo Parish

$35.00

$15.00 per service outside Shreveport City Limits  

Iberia

$30.00

None

$10.00 each service unable to locate

Jefferson

$20.00

None

NA

Jefferson Davis

$20.00

  See Chart

Natchitoches

$20.00

Varies with location

See Chart

Ouachita

$30.00

Included in Fee

NA

Pointe Coupee

$20.00

Varies with location

See Chart

St. Helena

$20.00

28¢ per mile to each destination

Must call Sheriff

St. Mary

$20.00

Varies with location

See Chart

Tangipahoa

$20.00

None

NA

Terrebonne

$20.00

32¢ per mile to each destination

See Chart

West Baton Rouge

$20.00 per paper served

None

e.g., Petition & Citation, Judgment, Notice, Rule - each is a separate paper

For information on ADVANCE COSTS, call 225.686-2216 and ask for Civil Advance Deposits.
For information on SERVICE issues, call 225.686-2216 and ask for Civil Processing.

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